The European e-Government action plan 2011-2015
Opinion factsheet
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- Enterprise and Industry
Opinion number:
CDR-0065-2011
Status:
Antagna
Objective
Contribute to the debate launched by the Communication and raise awareness of the role of LRAs in implementing eGovernment.
Impact
The conclusions of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council of 27 May 2011 [Nr 10494/11] repeated the main message of the CoR opinion by recognising:
-the need for open, flexible and collaborative eGovernment services that are designed and produced for the benefit and around the needs of citizens and businesses;
-the need to enhance security, privacy and trust in order to increase confidence in eGovernment services.
-the need for open, flexible and collaborative eGovernment services that are designed and produced for the benefit and around the needs of citizens and businesses;
-the need to enhance security, privacy and trust in order to increase confidence in eGovernment services.
Essential points
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- welcomes the drafting of the European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015. The plan's priorities – crossborder services, user empowerment, re-use of public sector information (PSI), eParticipation, an online single market, green government and interoperability – are all domains in which regions and local authorities are simultaneously actors, providers and beneficiaries;
- welcomes the efforts of European administrations to empower citizens and businesses through eGovernment services, as well as increased access to public information and improved transparency. The Committee endorses endeavours to raise public participation in the political process, improve mobility within the single market and cut red-tape for the public;
- emphasises that the European eGovernment Action Plan can significantly help bridge the digital divide and achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, while at the same time helping to fulfil a number of the key social, cultural and economic needs of the European public;
- emphasises that, while open source software has achieved growing acceptance in the marketplace, open standards and open interfaces are also key enablers of the transfer and use of information and interoperability across organisations, systems, and devices.